Ontbijt Piet! (lost Dutch Sinterklaas live-action TV series; 2007-2008)
Ontbijt Piet! (English: Breakfast Pete!) is a Dutch Christmas-themed live-action series produced by Endemol & broadcasted by Nickelodeon in the Netherlands. It features characters based on the legend of Zwarte Piet ('Black Pete', the mischievous assistant of Sinterklaas/Santa Claus) and ran for 2 seasons between late November and early December in 2007-2008. It stars Rein Hofman as Ontbijtpiet, Eva van der Gucht as Smulpiet and Bram van der Vlugt as Santa aka Saint Nicholas.[1] The show was partially sponsored by a Dutch supermarket chain and made to encourage children to eat a healthy breakfast.[2] In total, around 28 episodes were made.
As of now, all of the episodes are lost. Given the characters are portrayed - as is traditional for Zwarte Piet - by white actors in blackface, a tradition that has since become the subject of fierce international controversy, they are not likely to resurface in any official format.
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External Link
- Dutch Wikipedia page about the show. Retrieved 05 Nov '19
References
- ↑ Dutch article that has information on the show. Retrieved 05 Nov '19
- ↑ News article about the show. Retrieved 05 Nov '19